Cyndaquil Line
Cyndaquil is one of the three starter Pokemon that trainers can choose at the beginning of Gold/Silver/Crystal and HeartGold/SoulSilver versions. Cyndaquil evolves into Quilava at level 14, and then into Typhlosion at level 36. Unfortunately for these three, they suffer from what plagues almost all Fire-types: a very poor movepool. While Typhlosion's stats are not too shabby, his lack of diverse moves (possibly due to being the only final evolution of any Fire-type starter to have only one type) makes him almost unusable in the current competitive battling scene.
Despite all of this, I still have many fond memories of crushing countless in-game trainers with my Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion. I mean, just look at Typhlosion. The fact that he's a flaming, raging wolverine should alone earn him plenty of respect. Besides Silver and SoulSilver Versions, I have also played through Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time as a Cyndaquil. His cuteness and timid nature is just too much to resist. ^_^ Unfortunately for Quilava, he suffers from "middle evolutionary stage" syndrome (i.e., I don't have any strong feelings about him), but he still manages to sneak in sometimes due to his association with Cyndaquil and Typhlosion.
Despite all of this, I still have many fond memories of crushing countless in-game trainers with my Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion. I mean, just look at Typhlosion. The fact that he's a flaming, raging wolverine should alone earn him plenty of respect. Besides Silver and SoulSilver Versions, I have also played through Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Team and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time as a Cyndaquil. His cuteness and timid nature is just too much to resist. ^_^ Unfortunately for Quilava, he suffers from "middle evolutionary stage" syndrome (i.e., I don't have any strong feelings about him), but he still manages to sneak in sometimes due to his association with Cyndaquil and Typhlosion.